{"id":39072,"date":"2017-02-21T02:36:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T08:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=39072"},"modified":"2017-02-21T02:36:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T08:36:38","slug":"220-wwe-raw-holt-report-rock-calls-c-m-punk-live-ring-vince-mcmahon-appears-rock-live-observations-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/02\/21\/220-wwe-raw-holt-report-rock-calls-c-m-punk-live-ring-vince-mcmahon-appears-rock-live-observations-results\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/20 WWE Raw HOLT Report: Rock calls C.M. Punk live in ring, Vince McMahon appears with Rock, other live observations and results"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3564546946\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW &#8211; HOLT REPORT<br \/>\nFEBRUARY 20, 2017<br \/>\nLOS ANGELES, CALIF. AT STPLES CENTER<br \/>\nREPORT BY TYSON NELSON, PWTORCH\u00a0VIP MEMBER<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a timeline of my experience at Raw tonight, capped off by The Rock calling C.M. Punk in center-ring after Raw went off the air.<\/p>\n<p>It looked sold out. I was sitting opposite camera and the camera side was full, so that was a good sign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRE-TAPING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At 4:20 PT, the lights go out. Long video recap of WrestleMania\u00a0in Dallas while they changed Raw set up to Main Event. (Why don&#8217;t they just start with Main Event set up? Will it confuse people if they aren&#8217;t set up for Raw when they take their seats?) At end of the video is Roman holding belt. Loud boos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAIN EVENT TAPING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) Bo Dallas beat Sin Cara in 5:00.\u00a0Sin Cara got nice pop from L.A. crowd.\u00a0 Bo got a nice reaction of boos. With the beard he&#8217;s growing, please tell me they are working their way to him joining the Wyatt family. Bo got booed anytime he played to crowd.\u00a0They did a spot where Bo was on apron outside and Sin Cara flipped on him. While Sin Cara was still shocked he lost in the ring, 18-20 guys changed the ring over to Cruiserweight Purple<\/p>\n<p>Note, when they tape the ring, I always thought they wrapped purple electrical tape around the ring. Instead, they do just a few long strips of purple duct tape.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Cedric &amp; T.J. Perkins beat Tony Niece &amp; Noam Dar in 7:00 when Cedric pinned Dar.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2077336075\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The ring was not ready for either Cedric or TJPs entrance. They finished when TJP got into ring and then turned the lights on over the ring.\u00a0Cedric had a cool round of moves on Dar.\u00a0The crowd was mostly into the match. Maybe because it was early in the night.\u00a0The finisher on Dar looked really cool live with Dar flying off the shins of Cedric.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE ROCK AND VINCE MCMAHON SHOW UP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next, the\u00a0Rock&#8217;s music played. And out comes The Rock to the loudest pop I&#8217;ve ever heard live because it was unexpected, I think.\u00a0The Rock cut a promo that Raw will be great and after the show they will shoot a scene for his new movie &#8220;Fighting with my Family&#8221; about Paige. After Raw, they will shoot the championship match between Paige and A.J. Lee with actresses playing their roles.<\/p>\n<p>Rock made a joke that John Cena is in the movie, then he said, &#8220;No, wait, we want to make a good movie.&#8221;\u00a0He also commented that he&#8217;s booing and cheering for everyone just like us, including booing\u00a0Roman. Crowd cheers and boos. Then he says isn&#8217;t it fun booing Roman?\u00a0He did\u00a0a bunch of guys&#8217; catchphrases. Then his own. Then Vince McMahon came\u00a0out and said, &#8220;You&#8217;re fired!&#8221; to Rock. And that&#8217;s it. They both leave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES FROM LIVE RAW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Not sure if it made the air but the crowd chanted &#8220;Thank you, Sheamus!&#8221; after he kicked Enzo, even though crowd popped for their entrance and win.<\/p>\n<p>-Regarding Roman, the crowd enjoyed booing him loudly throughout. But they were confused by his actions with chair. They ate it up hoping it was a heel turn, but then were confused by what was going on.<\/p>\n<p>-Regarding the contract signing, the ring was not done when Austin Aries\u00a0came out. And four or five guys were still working on it when he climbed into it. They hustled out quickly when he climbed in.\u00a0Most people stayed in their seats during the contract signing. Jack didn&#8217;t get much of a reaction when he came out. I enjoy his character. The crowd did get\u00a0into the signing. I thought Neville&#8217;s promo was awesome.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4081161660\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>-During Nia&#8217;s match, a brief &#8220;Let&#8217;s go jobber&#8221; chant broke out.<\/p>\n<p>-Every time they do a stand up with the announcers, they have to remove their chairs from the stage, then they return them once they go to the ring. Seems like a pain. There was a time when they appeared to forget to return Byron&#8217;s chair for a bit.<\/p>\n<p>-The Barrack Obama promo must have killed McMahon. Or at least his wife&#8217;s boss. The promo got a big pop from the L.A. crowd.<\/p>\n<p>-Bayley received\u00a0a really nice pop. The waving tube men got\u00a0a nice pop,\u00a0too.<\/p>\n<p>-Besides the Rock, Charlotte got the best crowd reactions. Best heel working today. Let&#8217;s hope they let this new Kevin Owens show what he can do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROCK&#8217;S POST-RAW APPEARANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Rock came\u00a0out after show. He made\u00a0another Roman joke. &#8220;That Roman guy got his ass kicked.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-The crowd chanted &#8220;C.M. Punk&#8221; at him. Rock let&#8217;s them. Then he says he&#8217;s not in the movie. Ge\u00a0said he was told that when you mention A.J. Lee, they will chant C.M. Punk.<\/p>\n<p>-Rock then called Punk from the middle of the ring. It went\u00a0to voicemail. Rock left\u00a0a voicemail! He said he was calling from Staples Center and fans &#8220;are chanting your name.&#8221; He held\u00a0up the phone as everyone chanted &#8220;C.M. Punk.&#8221; Pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p>-They film boos and cheers or the movie. After boos, Rock joked, &#8220;It&#8217;s a John Cena crowd.&#8221; We even did\u00a0a &#8220;This is awesome!&#8221; chant. (Your favorite, Wade!)<\/p>\n<p>-Punk called Rock back while we were doing the chants.<\/p>\n<p>-The crowd stayed for all of this Rock stuff and the downtime between the chants and waiting to film the match. I didn&#8217;t see anyone leave.<\/p>\n<p>-They then filmed A.J.&#8217;s promo. The actress looked nothing like her, but had her vocal ticks down. Then the match.\u00a0 They did none of the high risk bumps. Then they\u00a0would lie on that mat as if they did a big bump. Crowd laughed at it.<\/p>\n<p>-Tessa Blanchard then came\u00a0out to play Paige. They did\u00a0the match with all the bumps. Most people were leaving by this point. Including me.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks Wade! Love being VIP!<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S HOLT REPORT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/02\/14\/214-wwe-raw-holt-report-notes-attending-live-las-vegas-nev-including-happened-festival-friendship-break-advertised-main-event-emmalina\/\">2\/13 WWE Raw HOLT Report: Notes from attending live in Las Vegas, Nev. including what happened with Festival of Friendship during break, advertised main event, Emmalina<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Please send any news tips and results to: pwtorch@gmail.com.<\/strong>\u00a0For instance, let us know if you hear a pro wrestling reference on a popular talk show, see a pro wrestling related Tweet or Instagram from celebrity, hear an ad for matches advertised for an upcoming WWE event, or anything else pro wrestling related that\u2019d be of interest to our readers.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you attend a live event, please send results.<\/strong>\u00a0We don\u2019t set up correspondents ahead of time and count on readers like you to send an email with a report on live events you attend \u2013 not just WWE, but also ROH, NXT, international groups. and anything else.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4127298349\"><div id=\"pwtor-2249946859\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW &#8211; HOLT REPORT FEBRUARY 20, 2017 LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 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